CVE-2018-20817

SV_SteamAuthClient in various Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty games before 2015-08-11 is missing a size check when reading authBlob data into a buffer, which allows one to execute code on the remote target machine when sending a steam authentication request. This affects Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty: Black Ops 1, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

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CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/RektInator/cod-steamauth-rce	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/momo5502/cod-exploits/tree/master/steam-auth	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty\:_advanced_warfare:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty\:_black_ops_1:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty\:_blacks_ops_2:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty\:_ghosts:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty\:_modern_warfare_2:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty\:_modern_warfare_3:-:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-04-19 23:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:59

NVD link : CVE-2018-20817

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20817

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-20817

JSON object : View

Products Affected

activision

call_of_duty\

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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